Display device.



G. H. DAY & H. H. .STYLL. DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. I9,19!].

1,266,222. v Patented May14,1918.

[AWE/V708 GfUREf/i. DAY 6C HARRY/7'. TYLL H2 H: W Mww A rromvers IINETATES PATENT @FFIt/hh GEORGE H. DAY AND HARRY I-I. STYLL, OFSOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, AS SIGNORS To AMERICAN OPTICAL CCMPANY,

OF SOUTI-IBR-IDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A VOLUN- TARY AssooIATIoN orMASsACnUsnTTs.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1a, 1918.

Application filed February 19, 1917. Serial No. 149,579.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. DAT: and HARRY H. STILL, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Southbridg'e, in the county of VVOrceSt'erand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Display Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in advertising novelties, and hasparticular reference'to an improved display device particularly adaptedfor personal wear.

One of the leading objects of our present invention is the provision ofan improved advertising device 'of neat and attractive form, adapted tobe applied to an article of personal wear, and which shall be of suchcharacter as to be unobjectionable to the wearer and at the Same timeclearly display the desired advertising or display figure to otherswhile being worn,

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a deviceof this character in which the several parts shall be blended togetherto form a neat ensemble and eliminate to the greatest possible degreeall objectionable prongs, corners or the like which might otherwise beliable to catch on the hair or clothing of the wearer, or become bentout of place.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of animproved display device which may be readily constructed and stampedfrom a single piece of material, and which will possess certaindesirable or utilitarian features, but primarily which shallsatisfactorily display the desired distinctive or onamental figure forrecognition and advertising urposes. v

Other 0 jects and advantages of our improved construction should bereadily apparent by reference to the following specification taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be understoodthat we may make any modifications in the specific details ofconstruction shown and described within the scope of the appended claimswithout departing from or exceeding the spirit of our invention.

Figure I represents a plan view of one embodiment of our invention.

Fig. II represents a similar view of another form thereof.

Fig. III represents a similar View of an additional form.

Fig, IV represents a view of one of our advertising novelties in use.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 has been employed to denote an ordinaryspectacle or goggle frame having the end piece 2 bearing the temple 3and having suitably secured thereto, as by the pivot 4, the side shieldor screen members which are provided with our improvement.

These shield members in the construction illustrated comprise framemembers having the lower or outer bar or frame portion 5 insubstantially straight strip with the heavy end portions 6 provided withapertures 7 to engage the pivots 4, and having the curved rear frameportion 8. These several parts are ordinarily and preferably stampedfrom sheet metal and have suitably secured thereto the screening member9, the parts just described being an ordinary construction of sideshield or screen for an eye protector, and forming in themselves noessential part of our invention.

Our invention, however, briefly stated, consists in providing withinthis goggle shield frame or the like, a suitable display device,distinctive figure, or the like, which shall be so blended with orsecured to the frame or screen member as to present a neat andattractive appearance, both on and oil of the face, and which at thesame time shall be of sufiicient size and so disposed that it may bereadily noted and in fact preferably so that it will attract the eye ofpersons looking at the wearer of goggles equipped with my improvementand will convey to them the intended message, which may be eitherthename or initial or emblem of the dealer or manufacturer, as isillustrated in Figs. I and III of the drawings, may be an ornamental orfanciful figure, or the like, as shown in Fig. II of the drawings, ormay be a club, lodge or other symbol, as shown in Fig. IV of thedrawings, or may, in fact, assume a variety of forms, as desired. Theonly essentials, therefore, are that the device so contained must becontained in a manner to be suitably displayed and must be of suchcharacter as to convey the desired idea to the minds of the personsSeeing it.

Referring specifically to the drawings, in

Fig. I we have shown the device to be dis played as consisting of amonogram made up of the letters 0 and A, the monogram designated by thenumeral 10 having the O integral with and blending into the portion 8 atthe one side and the portion 5 at the other, and the contained A havingits ends blended into and integral with the 0 so that the entire outerframe is a single unitary piece and the parts are so blended as toeliminate any projecting corners or the like and thus the liabilityofparts not entirely satisfactory to the wearer.

In Fig. ll, we have shown a fanciful figure, or the like, so employed,the figure being connected to the two parts of the shield, as by thesupplemental. cross pieces 11, and the several parts in this instancealso blending as before mentioned.

In Fig. 111, we have shown a monogram made by combining the letters A Oand C, in this instance also the corners or the like being eliminatedand the parts being shown as integral with and blended into the frame,although if preferred they could be made separate and suitably attached.

in Fig. IV, we have shown a conventional figure, such as frequentlyemployed by automobile clubs or the like as their symbol, in thisinstance serving to denote either the producer of the goods, or todenote to other autoists that the person wearing that goggle is a memberof the same club as himself, thus being particularly desirable as a neatand ornamental identification device visible when the person is wearinghis goggles or eye protectors and when other marks of identification areliable to be hidden beneath the autoing costume.

In addition, however, to the distinctive displaying of a suitableornamental or advertising device, accomplished through our improvement,we invite attention to the fact that by the use of it we are able toobtain a light, and at the same time extremely strong and durable sideshield for a goggle or protector, in that by the the uniting or integralforming of the monogram or other display device with the side members 5and S, thesaid device serves as a plurality of connecting braces orreinforcing members extending transversely of the open frame,

topics at atcnt be obtained for five cents r and thus resist crushing orother accidental bending of said frame, adding both to its ornamentalesthetic value, and to its structural value.

We claim:

1. An advertising novelty in the form of a goggle shield, comprising anopen frame, a screen member secured in the frame, and a distinctivedisplay device overlying the screen member and having connection withthe sides of the frame for retaining the device in position.

2. An advertising novelty in the form of a goggle shield, comprising anopen frame, a display device disposed within the frame and connected toopposite sides thereof, the several parts of the display device beingattached one to the other and to the frame side in a manner to eliminateall projecting angles or corners and provide only smooth roundedcontacting parts.

3. An advertising novelty in the form of a goggle shield, comprising anopen frame, a display device mounted within the open frame and havingconnection with opposite sides of the frame whereby the connectionserves both to retain the display device in position and causes the sameto brace the opposite sides of the frame thus connected thereby, and ascreen-like backing secured to the frame and disposed beneath thedisplay device for closing the frame and setting off the device thusdisplayed.

i. An advertising novelty in the form of a goggle shield, comprising anopen frame, a display device disposed within the frame connected toopposite sides thereof, the cen tral parts of display device beingattached one to the other and to the frame side in a manner to eliminateall projecting angles or corners and provide only smooth roundedcontacting parts, and a screen-like backing secured to the frame anddisposed beneath the display device for closing the frame and settingoif the device thus displayed.

In testimony whereof we affix our signaturcs in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEQRGE H. DAY. HARRY H. STYLL. l'Vitnesses:

H. K. Parsons, E. M. Hanvonsnn.

each, by addressing the commissioner of Enteritis,

